Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

Event:Women's discus throw
Games:1952 Summer
Venue:Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates:July 20
Competitors:20
Nations:16
Win Value:51.42
Win Label:Winning distance
Longnames:yes
Gold:Nina Ponomaryova
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Yelizaveta Bagryantseva
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Nina Dumbadze
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1948
Next:1956

The Women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russian athlete Nina Ponomaryova from Ural Oblast won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.[1]

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

Rank Athlete Nationality Result
1Nina Ponomaryova45.05
2Nina Dumbadze43.20
3Marianne Werner41.37
4Yvette Williams41.32
5Ingeborg Mello40.91
6Yelisaveta Bagriantseva40.73
7Libuše Nováková39.89
8Toyoko Yoshino39.75
9Lotte Haidegger39.54
10Frieda Tiltsch39.47
11Gretel Bolliger38.20
12Dezsőné Józsa37.75
13Lia Manoliu37.58
14Paulette Veste37.47
15Edera Cordiale37.40
16Ingeborg Pfüller36.61
17Kaarina Koivuniemi36.56
18Suzanne Allday36.37
19Olga Winterberg35.79
20Esther Brand34.18

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456Result
Nina Ponomaryova45.1650.8451.4247.2444.6649.3751.42 OR
Yelisaveta Bagriantseva43.5847.0844.2643.9744.5843.0047.08
Nina Dumbadze45.8540.2444.1046.2945.1041.0546.29
4Toyoko Yoshino41.7142.6737.1541.5843.8142.0243.81
5Lotte Haidegger35.6643.4940.0241.3243.49
6Lia Manoliu41.5742.6541.4836.0541.2140.7942.65
7Ingeborg Pfüller37.0540.3241.7341.73
8Ilona Szikora-Józsá39.5841.6141.61
9Marianne Werner39.7741.0341.03
10Yvette Williams40.4832.9540.3840.48
11Kaarina Koivuniemi40.3332.7240.0540.33
12Ingeborg Mello39.0437.8437.2439.04
13Libuše Nováková38.1738.8338.83
14Edera Cordiale38.2237.0338.22
15Suzanne Allday34.5437.3437.9637.96
16Paulette Veste37.6428.9433.2837.64
17Gretel Bolliger35.3436.3636.2436.36
18Frieda Tiltsch27.8427.84

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.